Cover-holder for children&#39;s beds.



C. L. WILEY. COVER HOLDER FOR CHILDREN'S BEDS. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10, 1913. 1,1 30,781 Patented Mar. 9,1915.

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C. L. WILEY. COVER HOLDER FOR GHILDRENS BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.10, 1913.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

CHARLES LAFAYETTE WILEY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

COVER-HOLDER FOB. CHILDRENYS BEDS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. WILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Cover-Holder for Childrens Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cover holders for beds.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of devices for holding bed covering, and to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device designed principally for use on and adapted to be readily applied to a childs bed, and capable of holding the bed covering and of maintaining the same in a spread condition to keep a child covered, and of permitting bed covering to rise without becoming displaced when the child kicks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bed cover holder of this character adapted to permit the bed covering to be lifted at either side of the bed to afiord access to the occupant thereof, and capable of being readily arranged to support a mosuito netting over the bed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a bed cover holder, constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a childs bed and arranged for holding the covering thereof. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, the device being arranged to support a mosquito netting. Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, illustrating the construction of the clamps for mounting the holder on a bedstead. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the strip or blank from which the clamp is formed. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the transverse connecting bar I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 10, 1913.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Serial no. 805,820.

for maintaining the hinged frames of the holder in a raised position. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of one of the hinged frames, illustrating the manner of securing the bed clothing thereto. Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one of the hinged frames.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsin all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the holder comprises a pair of hinged frames 1 of approximately U- shape, constructed preferably of tinned steel wire or other suitable material and each composed of end portions 2 and a longitudinal connecting side portion 3. The end portions 2 of the frames are provided with terminal longitudinally disposed pivots 4:, arranged in bearing openings and having laterally bent outer ends 7 to prevent displacement of the pivots, but any other suitable means may, of course, be employed for retaining the terminal pivots of the hinged frames in the bearings of the clamps.

Each clamp 6 has a body portion constructed preferably of a single strip or piece of metal provided at the terminal portions with longitudinal slots 8 and having the terminal portions bent inwardly to form approximately U- haped engaging portions 9, which are curved to conform to the configuration of the vertical rods 10 at the head and foot of a childs crib or bed 11 of the ordinary construction. The connecting portion of the body of each clamp is straight between the terminal engaging portions,

which embrace two of the vertical rods of the bed 11, and the ends 12 of metal of the body are straight and in parallelism with the said straight connecting portion of the body, and the slot-s 9, which terminate at the ends 12, receive clamping screws 13 having heads at their outer ends and engaging threaded perforations 14 of the straight connecting portion of the body. The screws 13 cause the engaging portions of the clamp to firmly grip the vertical rods 10 of the bed and the said clamps are adapted to be adjusted upwardly and downwardly on the said rods to arrange the holder in proper position. Also the clamps,

5 of clamps 6.

which,

. bed, and

when the screws are ment with therods l0, enable the holder to ordinary construction.

The clamps are arranged midway between thesides of the hinged frames are of a length to extend from the bearing openings of the clamps to within close proximity to the sides of the the connecting side portions of the hinged frames are .of a length to extend to within close proximity of the head and foot of the said bed, as clearly illustrated in Fig.

7 are coiled at intervals, the coils 17 extend- V able points along the 1 of the drawings. This construction enablesthe hinged frames of theholder to swing downwardly within the bed to hold the bed covering 15 and also to swing upwardly to supporta mosquito bar or netting 1'6. The sides 3 of the hinged frames ing inwardly and being arranged at suitbed for holding the coveringat the footand sides. "The covering is drawn into the coilsand is gripped between the same and the sides 3, as clearly with any other suitable illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings, the

steel or'other resilient material enabling the.

bed covering. to be securely held, but the hinged frames may, of course, be equipped means for connecting the bed covering to them. 'When the bed covering is fastened to the hinged .frames, it is maintained in'a spread condition and willkeep a child covered atall timesand should the child kick, it will permit the bed covering to raise without becoming displaced. Also either side frame isv 40 adapted to be swung 'upwardlyto lift the cover for affording ready access to the child should it require attention. 1

'When the hinge'd'frames are swung upwardly to support the "mosquito netting 16, they extend'upwardly and outwardly and are maintained in such inclined divergent position by a'transverse connecting rod 18,

provided with terminal hooks19, which engage over the sides of the hinged frames at apoint intermediate of the ends thereof. The bends of the hooks are sufiiciently deep to form innerand outer sides for holding the hinged frames against both inward and outward movement; Also the inclined frames extendingupwardly and outwardly at opposite sides of the center operate to counterbalance each other and prevent lateral movement, and

when the mosquito netting isapplied to the overhead support,

' the latter is retained in properposition. which consists of a ends, is supported .over the bed out of contact with the occupant thereof. The connecting rod 18 detachably engages the hinged frames and is The mosquito netting,

1 adapted to be readily removed to permit the removed, are adapted to be readilysprung into and out of engage bed, and the ends ofthe mounting the frames on same to be swung downwardly, and it also enables the hinged frames to be quickly arrangedfor supporting the mosquito netting. be readily applied to a childs bed of the l fhat is claimed is V r g 1. l A device of the class described comprising two approximately'U-shap'ed frames of a size to extend across the 7 bed and along the sides thereof, means for the bed to permit the said frames to swing downwardly against the bed clothes at opposite sides of the bed, and means carried by the frames for holdingthe bed clothes in a spread condition against displacement, said frames permitting the bed clothes to be lifted and being also adapted toswing upwardly over the bed and form a support formosquito-netting or the like.

2. A device of the class described comprisj ing two approximately'U-shaped frames of a size to extend across the head and foot and along the sides of a bed, said frames being resilient and coiled at intervals to form bed clothes engaging portions for holding the bed clothes in a spread condition against displacement, and means for mounting the head and foot of a frames on the bed to permit the said framesv to swing downwardlyagainst the'bed clothes at opposite sides of the bed, said frames be ing also adapted to swing upwardly over the bed and form ting or the like. I

3. A device ofthe class describedv including two approximately u -shaped frames,

means for mounting the frames on a bed to permit said frames to against the bed clothes the bed, means holding the bed tion against displacement, said frames'being also adapted to swingu'pwardly over the bed and form a support for mosquitonetting orthe like, and means for connecting the frames to maintain them in their elevated position.

4. A device of theclass described including two approximately U-shaped frames, means for mounting the frames on a bed to permit the said frames to swing downwardly against the bed clothes atopposite sides of the bed, means carried by the frames for holding the bed clothes in a' spread condition against displacement, said frames being also adapted to, swing .upwardly over the bed and form a support for mosquito netting or the like, and a transverse connecting rod provided with means swing downwardly at opposite sides of a support for mosquitonet carriedby the frames for clothes in a spread condi for engaging the frames and adapted to maintain the same in an upwardly and outwardly inclined'position.

5. An attachment for beds having spaced vertical rods at the head and foot, said attachment including two hinged frames,

clamps for mounting the frames on the bed,

to permit the said frames to swing downwardly against the bed clothes at opposite the bed clothes in a spread condition against displacement, said frames being also adapted to swing upwardly over the bed and form a supportfor mosquito netting or the like.

6. An attachment for beds having spaced vertical rods at the head and foot, said attachment including two hinged frames, clamps for mounting the frames on the bed, said clamps being provided with means for engaging the rods of the bed and having bearings receiving the frames and permitting the latter to swing downwardly against the bed clothes at opposite sides of the bed, and means carried by the frames for holding the bed clothes in a spread condition against holding the bed clothes in a spread condition 7 against displacement, said frames being also adapted to swing upwardly over the bed and form a support for mosquito netting or the like. 7

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHAR-LES LAFAYETTE WVILEY.

Witnesses:

J. A. BAUGH, Geo. H. SEAL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

